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US 2008/0302194 A1Published application
Stabilising Means
AssigneeTechnology Investment Company Pty Ltd
InventorAnthony Richard Elms
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InventorAnthony Richard Elms
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A vehicle stabilising means comprising a cradle (23) supported from a mounting (17) to lie to one side of the mounting, a rotor (19) supported from the cradle between a pair of spaced supports (25) to be rotatably supported by the supports, a drive coupled to the rotor enabling the rotor to rotate at a substantially constant angular velocity, the rotor being rotatable about a first axis, the supports located to the side of the cradle remote from the mounting, the cradle further comprises a base (31) which is rotatably supported from the mounting to be rotatable around a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation of the rotor and which intersects the first axis of the rotor, the mounting intended in use to be fixed to the vehicle such that in operation the mean orientation of the first and second axes are substantially perpendicular to the direction of the axis of stabilisation.
A vehicle stabilising means comprising a pair of cradles, each cradle supported from a mounting such that the cradles are in a generally side by side relationship with respect to each other, each cradle supporting a rotor by a pair of spaced supports, the rotor rotatably supported by the supports to rotate about a first axis, a drive supported from the cradle and coupled to the respective rotor enabling the rotor to rotate about the respective first axis at a substantially constant angular velocity, the rotation of the rotors being in opposite directions, each cradle rotatably supported from the mounting through a single bearing to be rotatable around a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation of the rotor, the mounting intended in use to be fixed to the vehicle such that when the rotors are rotating the mean orientation of the first and second axes are substantially perpendicular to the direction of the axis of stabilisation.
A vehicle stabilising means comprising a cradle supported from a mounting, a rotor supported from the cradle by a pair of spaced supports to be rotatably supported by the supports for rotation about a first axis, a drive coupled to the rotor enabling the rotor to rotate about the first axis at a substantially constant angular velocity, the cradle rotatably supported from the mounting through a single bearing assembly to be rotatable around a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation of the rotor, the mounting intended in use to be fixed to the vehicle such that when the rotor is rotating the mean orientation of the first and second axes are substantially perpendicular to the direction of the axis of stabilisation.
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